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Latitude: 55.0539 / 55°3'14"N
Longitude: -3.5999 / 3°35'59"W
OS Eastings: 297891
OS Northings: 574442
OS Grid: NX978744
Mapcode National: GBR 3B90.F3
Mapcode Global: WH5WQ.N7YD
Plus Code: 9C7R3C32+H2
Entry Name: Low Lodge And Gate Piers, Crichton Royal Hospital, Bankend Road, Dumfries
Listing Name: Crichton Royal Infirmary Low Lodge and Gatepiers
Listing Date: 26 June 1986
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 334968
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB3816
Building Class: Cultural
Location: Dumfries
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Nith
Parish: Dumfries
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
Architect probably Sydney Mitchell, circa 1900. Gate lodge; single storey with dormerless attic. Asymmetrical, with advanced gables and Arts and Crafts features; 2 gatepiers with wrought-iron grilles. Snecked bull-faced red ashlar with polished dressings. Windows mostly have wooden mullions and transomes with small-paned glazing to upper panels. Door (behind gatepier) in advanced south gable, roof of latter
swept down to single storey at west, coped wall-head stack in re-entrant angle (similar stack over north east angle).
West elevation: essentially 2 bays, the right gabled; pedimental moulding over ground floor windows, canted window right, window above and to left of latter with relieving arches. Finialed skewputts and apices; bracketted eaves; roofed with graded slates. High wall to east screens low rear wing.
Gatepiers channelled, and each has key-stoned pulvinated frieze and lamp bracket above. Low coping with iron railings removed curves round front of house; south gatepier linked to high boundary wall.
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